Matt Pettinger

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Matt Pettinger
Date of birth October 22, 1980
place of birth Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 93 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2000 , 2nd round, 43rd position
Washington Capitals
Career stations
1994-1996 Victoria Racquet Club
1996-1998 Victoria Salsa
1998-1999 University of Denver
1999-2000 Calgary Hitmen
2000-2001 Portland Pirates
2001-2008 Washington Capitals
2008-2009 Tampa Bay Lightning
2009-2010 Manitoba mosses
2010–2012 Cologne Sharks
2012-2015 Hamburg Freezers

Matthew “Matt” Pettinger (born October 22, 1980 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who played 423 games for the Washington Capitals , Vancouver Canucks and Tampa Bay Lightning in the National between 1996 and 2015 Hockey League on the position of the left winger . In addition, Pettinger was active in the German Ice Hockey League for the Kölner Haie and the Hamburg Freezers .

Career

The 1.85 m tall winger was initially active for various lower-class teams in the Canadian province of British Columbia , before Pettinger went on the ice from the 1998/99 season for the University of Denver ice hockey team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association and in the Canadian Junior League Western Hockey League was in action with the Calgary Hitmen before he was selected in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft as 43rd in the second round by the Washington Capitals .

During the 2000/01 season the links Sagittarius spent most time with the Portland Pirates , the AHL - farm team of the capital, but also completed his first 10 NHL inserts for Washington. The Canadian also moved between Portland and Washington in the following years, but from the 2003/04 season Pettinger was part of the Capitals' permanent NHL squad. In the 2004/05 lockout season , Matt Pettinger was on the ice in eight games for HDD Olimpija Ljubljana in Slovenia. At the trade deadline of 2008 , the Canadian moved to the Vancouver Canucks , where he was unable to assert himself at the beginning of the following season. After he was put on the waiver list, the Tampa Bay Lightning secured his services. After two games with the Manitoba Moose farm team , the attacker was appointed to the Lightning NHL squad. In the 2009/10 Pettinger was under contract with the Vancouver Canucks, but played most of the season with their farm team in Manitoba .

In the summer of 2010, he then signed a one-year contract with the Kölner Haien , which was extended for another year after the end of the season. After he could not agree on a new contract with the Haien in spring 2012, Pettinger switched to the Hamburg Freezers within the German Ice Hockey League . After Pettinger first helped out as a defender in the 2013/14 season due to the injury-related staff shortage on the Freezers' defense, he was also used in the following season either in defense or in attack as required. In March 2015 it became known that the contract with left-handed shooters in Hamburg would not be extended, whereupon Pettinger ended his active career.

International

At the U20 Junior World Championship in 2000 , Pettinger won the bronze medal with the Canadian national team , with the seniors it was enough for fourth place at the 2006 World Championship . The Canadian had previously won the silver medal with the maple leaves as a junior player at the U20 World Junior Championship in 1999 .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1994/95 Victoria Racquet Club Minor BC 55 52 48 100 41
1995/96 Victoria Racquet Club Minor BC 60 80 65 145 45
1996/97 Victoria Salsa BCHL 49 22nd 14th 36 31 - - - - -
1997/98 Victoria Salsa BCHL 55 22nd 20th 42 56 7th 5 1 6th 8th
1998/99 University of Denver WCHA 38 6th 14th 20th 52
1999/00 University of Denver WCHA 19th 2 6th 8th 49
1999/00 Calgary Hitmen WHL 27 14th 6th 20th 41 11 2 6th 8th 30th
2000/01 Portland Pirates AHL 64 19th 17th 36 92 2 0 0 0 4th
2000/01 Washington Capitals NHL 10 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2001/02 Portland Pirates AHL 9 3 3 6th 24 - - - - -
2001/02 Washington Capitals NHL 62 7th 3 10 44 - - - - -
2002/03 Portland Pirates AHL 69 14th 13 27 72 3 0 2 2 2
2002/03 Washington Capitals NHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2003/04 Washington Capitals NHL 71 7th 5 12 37 - - - - -
2004/05 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana SHL 8th 2 5 7th 41 - - - - -
2005/06 Washington Capitals NHL 71 20th 18th 38 39 - - - - -
2006/07 Washington Capitals NHL 64 16 16 32 22nd - - - - -
2007/08 Washington Capitals NHL 56 2 5 7th 25th - - - - -
2007/08 Vancouver Canucks NHL 20th 4th 2 6th 11 - - - - -
2008/09 Manitoba mosses AHL 2 3 0 3 0 - - - - -
2008/09 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 59 8th 7th 15th 24 - - - - -
2009/10 Manitoba mosses AHL 54 14th 16 30th 31 - - - - -
2009/10 Vancouver Canucks NHL 9 1 2 3 6th 1 0 0 0 0
2010/11 Cologne Sharks DEL 44 14th 31 45 32 5 1 2 3 2
2011/12 Cologne Sharks DEL 52 14th 23 37 40 6th 2 4th 6th 6th
2012/13 Hamburg Freezers DEL 49 9 20th 29 42 6th 1 3 4th 2
2013/14 Hamburg Freezers DEL 47 12 16 28 18th 12 3 1 4th 4th
2014/15 Hamburg Freezers DEL 38 8th 11 19th 32 7th 2 0 2 0
WCHA overall 57 8th 20th 28 101
WHL overall 27 14th 6th 20th 41 11 2 6th 8th 30th
AHL total 144 39 33 72 188 5 0 2 2 6th
NHL overall 422 65 58 123 210 1 0 0 0 0
DEL total 230 57 101 158 164 36 9 10 19th 14th

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1999 Canada U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 2 1 0 1 2
2000 Canada U20 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 7th 4th 0 4th 4th
2006 Canada WM 4th Place 8th 1 0 1 4th
Juniors overall 9 5 0 5 6th
Men overall 8th 1 0 1 4th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bj: Matt Pettinger is much more than an emergency nail. In: welt.de . November 19, 2013, accessed October 7, 2018 .
  2. ↑ sport1.de Seven players leave Freezers
personal data
SURNAME Pettinger, Matt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pettinger, Matthew (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Edmonton , Alberta, Canada